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Tisza

966 km from source to mouth · 5 countries.

SerbiaUkraineSlovakiaRomaniaHungarySerbia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania and HungaryFlows into Danube1st longest in Serbia

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SourceMouthSzeged
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

966km

Average flow

800m³/s

Basin

153,200km²

Drop

406m

from 474 m to 68 m

Countries

5

The journey

From source to mouth

966 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 30 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

474 m68 m
Rakhivat 474 m0 km
Khust28,039 people118 km
Tur Rivertributary184 km
Chop8,626 people268 km
Pap-tó0.7 km²364 km
Halastó0.4 km²437 km
Lake Tisza119 km²503 km
Zagyvatributary573 km
Szeged160,766 people735 km
Mureș Rivertributary739 km
Belo jezero9.8 km²896 km
Danubeat 68 m966 km
0200400600800966 km
  1. 0 kmRakhivat 474 m
  2. 5 kmBila Tysatributary
  3. 5 kmChorna Tysatributary
  4. 9 kmRakhiv15,621 people
  5. 12 kmKamianyi Waterfall2 m
  6. 16 kmTarnychyn Waterfall6 m
  7. 30 kmVișeu Rivertributary
  8. 35 kmPolonsko-Kuziiskyi Waterfall2 m
  9. 39 kmLuh1,985 people
  10. 39 kmKosivska Rivertributary
  11. 43 kmVelykyy Bychkiv9,255 people
  12. 55 kmSighetu Marmației32,793 people
  13. 55 kmSolotvyno8,632 people
  14. 56 kmSighetu Marmaţiei40,653 people
  15. 59 kmIza Rivertributary
  16. 69 kmHrushovo8,500 people
  17. 80 kmTeresvatributary
  18. 86 kmTyachiv9,019 people
  19. 94 kmBushtyno8,444 people
  20. 97 kmTereblyatributary
  21. 99 kmVyshkovo8,243 people
  22. 118 kmKhust28,039 people
  23. 126 kmRikatributary
  24. 131 kmKorolevo10,385 people
  25. 141 kmVynohradiv25,317 people
  26. 165 kmBatartributary
  27. 183 kmBadalovo1,594 people
  28. 184 kmTur Rivertributary
  29. 216 kmSomeștributary
  30. 219 kmVásárosnamény9,310 people
  31. 224 kmCrasnatributary
  32. 258 kmTiszaszentmárton–Solovka Railway Bridge
  33. 268 kmChop8,626 people
  34. 303 kmFrancis II Rákóczi Bridge at Cigánd and Tiszakanyár
  35. 359 kmBodrogtributary
  36. 359 kmQueen Elisabeth bridge
  37. 364 kmPap-tó0.7 km²
  38. 404 kmTiszadobi Pontonhíd
  39. 414 kmSajótributary
  40. 415 kmTiszaújváros17,295 people
  41. 437 kmHalastó0.4 km²
  42. 473 kmTiszafüred10,872 people
  43. 503 kmLake Tisza119 km²
  44. 505 kmRoad-rail bridge at Kisköre
  45. 572 kmOttoman bridge in Szolnok
  46. 573 kmZagyvatributary
  47. 573 kmSzolnok71,285 people
  48. 573 kmTiszavirág bridge
  49. 622 kmTiszakécske11,745 people
  50. 661 kmCsongrád18,580 people
  51. 665 kmKörös Rivertributary
  52. 671 kmSzentes27,898 people
  53. 719 kmAlgyő5,364 people
  54. 735 kmÚjszeged25,300 people
  55. 735 kmOld town bridge
  56. 735 kmSzeged160,766 people
  57. 736 kmSzegedi vasúti Tisza-híd
  58. 739 kmMureș Rivertributary
  59. 761 kmKanjiža10,200 people
  60. 765 kmNovi Kneževac8,166 people
  61. 772 kmKörös-értributary
  62. 784 kmSenta20,302 people
  63. 805 kmAranca Rivertributary
  64. 821 kmBačko Petrovo Selo8,959 people
  65. 824 kmČiktributary
  66. 837 kmBečej25,774 people
  67. 872 kmJegričkatributary
  68. 896 kmBelo jezero9.8 km²
  69. 904 kmBega Rivertributary
  70. 966 kmDanubeat 68 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Europe

At the mouth it carries 796 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 3.1 seconds. It drops from 474 m to 68 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 153,200 km², about the size of BD. 12.6 million people live in it. Highest water: from February to March and May. Its dams hold back little of its water (7.1% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • SzegedLargest city on its banks · 160,766 people
  • Arad International Airport (ARW)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 86 km from the cityCar hire at TSR airport (Timişoara)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water109 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Tisza, month by month

Highest water: from February to March and May

Best months to visit: from May to September.

730
-2°37 mmJan
2,100
0°36 mmFeb
1,600
5°34 mmMar
1,000
11°45 mmApr
1,700
16°65 mmMay
1,300
19°81 mmJun
1,400
20°65 mmJul
1,400
20°60 mmAug
920
16°43 mmSep
410
11°39 mmOct
830
5°50 mmNov
1,500
0°50 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 410 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,100 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Tisza: the basin in numbers

154,073 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Lightly regulatedReservoirs can hold 7.1% of a year's flow.
  • 12.6millionpeople live in the basin
  • 82/km²people per km²
  • 355maverage altitude of the basin
  • 648mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 9.0°Caverage air temperature
  • 8%protected areas
  • 0.3%covered by lakes
  • 2.1km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 36% Forest
  • 39% Cropland
  • 21% Pasture
  • 3% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Tisza: what you find on the way

  • 28DamsTiszakóródi régi zsilip, Beregi árapasztó gát, Tiszalöki vízerőmű and 25 more
  • 43WeirsBukógát, Lónyay-főcsatorna torkolati műtárgy, Töltő-ürítő műtárgy and 40 more
  • 12LocksTisza and 11 more
  • 8Waterfalls
  • 1Canoe put-ins
  • 28Boat rampsSzabics-kikötő sólya, Kossuth Lajos utca and 26 more
  • 44Ferry piersBodrogzug Komp, Dinnyéshát-Tiszaderzs kerékpáros komp, Tisza Komp, Mindszent and 41 more
  • 32MarinasVárosi kikötő, Balneum kikötő, Albatrosz kikötő and 29 more
  • 5Boat rentalsFoka csónakkölcsönző and 4 more
  • 20River beachesTiszai szabadstrand, Panyolai strand, Ibrányi szabadstrand and 17 more

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Tisza in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 3waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
  • 4lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 11mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Waterfalls (3)

On the river, by Cascadyas

  1. Kamianyi Waterfallkm 112m
  2. Tarnychyn Waterfallkm 166m
  3. Polonsko-Kuziiskyi Waterfallkm 332m

Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗

Lakes and reservoirs (4)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Pap-tókm 3470.7km²
  2. Halastókm 4170.4km²
  3. Lake Tiszakm 479 · 17 m deep119km²
  4. Belo jezerokm 855 · 2 m deep9.8km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Mountains at the source (11)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Mount Sheshul12 km away1,726m
  2. Berlebashka13 km away1,734m
  3. Kobyla12 km away
  4. Hora Petros14 km away
  5. Hora Butyn11 km away
  6. Hora Lysyna12 km away
  7. Hora Stara12 km away
  8. Gora Dumen'3.5 km away

3 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Tisza: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Tisza: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth54 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Tisza in pictures

Tiszapüspöki, Tisza
Lily15 · CC BY-SA 3.0
River Tisza & Bodrog Tokaj
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5
Tisza River in Zakarpatiia Oblast, Ukraine (photo 1)
DanilWikiUser · CC0
Tisza River in Zakarpatiia Oblast, Ukraine (photo 2)
DanilWikiUser · CC0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

DanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/s

Tributaries (31)

Mureș RiverHungaryHungary803 km160 m³/sjoins at km 705SomeșHungaryHungary418 km120 m³/sjoins at km 206Bega RiverRomaniaRomania256 km13 m³/sjoins at km 862SajóHungaryHungary229 km70 m³/sjoins at km 395ZagyvaHungaryHungary179 km9.5 m³/sjoins at km 546Körös RiverHungaryHungary93 km21 m³/sjoins at km 634Iza RiverRomaniaRomania80 km17 m³/sjoins at km 56BodrogHungaryHungary67 km120 m³/sjoins at km 343

Also: Vișeu River, Crasna, Tereblya, Teresva, Körös-ér, Rika, Borzsa, Aranca River, Tur River, Batar, Čik, Jegrička, Chorna Tysa, Bila Tysa, Kosivska River, Apshitsa, Bilyy, Shopurka River, Hejő, Boylova, Săpânța River, Baia River, Bicu River

In the same basin

SavaSerbiaSerbia945 km1,700 m³/sDravaCroatiaCroatia720 km620 m³/sInnGermanyGermany517 km740 m³/sPrutMoldovaMoldova953 km120 m³/sIsarGermanyGermany292 km170 m³/sMoravaAustriaAustria388 km110 m³/sDrinaSerbiaSerbia346 km120 m³/sSiret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/sOlt RiverRomaniaRomania615 km170 m³/sMurCroatiaCroatia434 km170 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

SavaSerbiaSerbia945 km1,700 m³/s36 km awayBega RiverRomaniaRomania256 km13 m³/s5 km awayTimiș RiverSerbiaSerbia359 km47 m³/s43 km awayDrinaSerbiaSerbia346 km120 m³/s79 km awayGreat MoravaSerbiaSerbia185 km230 m³/s76 km awayDravaCroatiaCroatia720 km620 m³/s115 km awayBosutSerbiaSerbia186 km17 m³/s74 km awayMureș RiverHungaryHungary803 km160 m³/s121 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q134350) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesCascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

The family

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